NEWTOWN

A 15-year-old Newtown girl was treated at Danbury Hospital late Tuesday after being struck by a car on Palestine Road.

Police said

Christine Attanasio
of Palestine Road got out of a car on the northbound side of the road in front of her home and was crossing the street when she was hit by a southbound vehicle around 7:46 p.m. She sustained shoulder and leg injuries.

Police said no charges have been filed against the driver,
Christopher Farrington
, 17, of Whipporwill Hill, Newtown, but the accident is under investigation.